Treasury Minutes – 02.03.15

Speaker of the Treasury called to order the Treasury session at 9.30pm today at Simon 113.

II. Roll call

No.

Name

Committee

Seat

P/A/E

Comments

1

Alex Beaulieu

SGAC

Spring

P

2

Alex Rothbard

SGAC

Fall

P

3

Bill Feng

SGAC

Fall

P

4

Bradford Orr

BC

Fall

P

5

Chris Dijs

BC

Spring

P

6

Danyao Xu

SGAC Chair

Fall

P

7

Gad Choi

BC

Spring

A

8

Hunter Malasky

BC Chair

Fall

P

9

Iliana Ragnone

BC

Fall

P

10

James Harvey

SGAC

Spring

P

11

Jenny Wang

SGAC

Fall

P

12

Keaton Schifer

SGAC

Fall

P

13

Kenneth Sng

Speaker

Spring

P

14

Lisa Gosine

BC

Fall

P

15

Luke Summerlin

BC

Spring

P

16

Maaz Ahmad

BC

Fall

P

17

Reuven Shechter

BC

Spring

P

18

Sam Silver

SGAC

Spring

P

19

Tiffany Zhang

SGAC

Fall

P

20

Vikram Biswas

BC

Spring

P

21

Will Freeman

SGAC

Spring

E

III. Confirmation of Student Union Vice-President of Public Relations.

Treasury confirmed Chan Kwon, by a unanimous vote, as the new Student Union Vice-President of Public Relations. Associate Justice Joe Warren swore in the new Student Union VP PR.

IV. Appeals

Student Group: Reflections

Title of Event: Eating Disorder Awareness Week (EDAW)

Amount Requested: $1,744.49

Amount Approved: $1,744.49

No.

Dollar Amount

Main Motion/ Amendment

Yes

No

Abstentions

Total

1

$1,744.49

Main Motion

17

0

1

18

2

3

4

5

Comments:

Student Group: WU Sauce

Title of Event: 2015 Chicago International Salsa Congress

Amount Requested: $5,682.12

Amount Approved: $4,458.09

No.

Dollar Amount

Main Motion/ Amendment

Yes

No

Abstentions

Total

1

$4,458.09

Main Motion

16

2

0

18

2

3

4

5

Comments:

Treasury approved funding for 12 WU Sauces members (8 new members and 4 choreographers) to attend the event in Chicago.Treasury noted that, for 2014 Chicago International Salsa Congress, WU Sauce brought less members and re-allocated close to $1,000 of SU funding to food.

Student Group: Society for Women Engineers

Title of Event: Regional Conference

Amount Requested: $2,655.00

Amount Approved: $2,055.00

No.

Dollar Amount

Main Motion/ Amendment

Yes

No

Abstentions

Total

1

$2,055.00

Main Motion

12

6

18

2

3

4

5

Comments:

Treasury deliberated over the purpose of the student activities fee and if it should be used to fund a regional conference that, according to the presentation, seemed to be focused on job-search.

Student Group: Hillel Leadership Council

Title of Event: Hillel Masquerade

Amount Requested: $3,300.27

Amount Approved: $3,300.27

No.

Dollar Amount

Main Motion/ Amendment

Yes

No

Abstentions

Total

1

$3,300.27

Main Motion

2

$2,748.00

Amendment

1

17

0

18

3

$3,300.27

Main Motion

17

1

0

18

4

5

Comments:

Masquerade is the formal party for Hillel Leadership Council. It is being hosted at a club venue in the city.Treasury deliberated over the mandatory venue tax/gratuity, because Wash U is a tax-free institution. Treasury funded the event in full and direct HLC to check with Student Involvement & Leadership and the SU Business Coordinators regarding the tax/gratuity fee.

V. Updates

Executive:

Treasury confirmed new Student Union Vice-President of Public Relations, Chan Kwon, by a unanimous vote (19 votes in favor).SU Execs are helping out with the interviews for the new Business Coordinator.

Senate:

Josh Whitman, new athletic director talked to Senate and talked about facilities and boosting turnout at events.

Judicial:

Associate Justice Joe Warren swore in the new VP PR.New Con Council website is up and runningCon Council is working on editing the Constitution and its interpretation

Committees:

Inaugural Spring Presidents and Treasurers’ training was held last Saturday.
Budget Committee BAT interview times are set.SGAC met last week. They did mock applications, introduced SUGR (Student Union Group Review), and appointed 4 new members (Kenyah Calhoun, Jennifer Kim, Huang Xiren, and Jack Glick.) SGAC will meet again this weekend.

Advisor:

No updates for this week.

VI. Open Forum

Comments:

By:

Discussion on Women’s Engineering Society and the job-oriented nature of the event. Argument that the group is under-represented is not a valid argument because it favors some groups over others.

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